In a joint press release, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and State Board of Elections (SBOE) Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman announced the arrest of Michele Adolphe, a candidate for State […]
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Attorney General, NYC CFB Announce Settlement, Penalties on Improper Coordination
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a settlement with New York City consulting firm the Advance Group today, while the New York City Campaign Finance Board (NYC CFB) voted to […]
Will Ethics Reform be on the Legislature’s 2016 Agenda?
City & State NY looks ahead to the 2016 legislative session, and says that after the leaders of both houses were charged with public corruption crimes in 2015 “new scrutiny […]
SBOE Enforcement Counsel Settles Case
In today’s Times Union, Chris Bragg follows up on his earlier article regarding the State Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Counsel lawsuit against the campaign committee of Assembly candidate Shirley […]
JCOPE Rejects Trump Complaint Against State Attorney General
In today’s Daily News, Ken Lovett reports that the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has decided not to move forward on the ethics complaint that Donald Trump filed against […]
Comptroller Op/Ed Calls for Public Financing of Political Campaigns
New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, a Democrat, has a guest editorial in today’s Times Union that urges the state Legislature to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform, including public funding […]
SBOE Enforcement Counsel Files Lawsuit, Targets LLC Donations (Updated)
In today‘s Times Union, Chris Bragg reports that the State Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Counsel quietly filed a lawsuit last month targeting an Assembly candidate’s campaign committee and some […]
Report: SBOE Looking at Elections Filings of Nassau County GOP Political Clubs
Over the weekend, Newsday (behind a paywall) reported that the Enforcement Unit at the State Board of Elections (SBOE) has requested campaign finance documents from 11 Nassau County Republican political […]
State Board of Elections Assesses the 2014 Pilot Public Financing Program
The State Board of Elections (SBOE) has issued a report assessing the state’s ‘pilot’ public financing program. The pilot program made public funds available to qualifying candidates in the 2014 […]
State Board of Elections Proposes Rules on Investigations, Enforcement Proceedings
Today’s New York State Register includes two notices of proposed rulemaking from the State Board of Elections (SBOE), and the proposed rules can also be found on the SBOE web […]